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From Lockers to Lockdown Series Continues
The parents’ and children’s advocacy groups Gwinnett SToPP, The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, and The Interfaith Children’s Movement are continuing their quest to educate the community about the inherit dangers black boys in special education face in school daily. The purpose of these community meetings is to provide quality education for all children,…
From Lockers to Lockdown: Educate Students, Stop Arrests
Someone somewhere said, “Build it and they will come”. Gwinnett SToPP did just that for this year’s Dignity in Schools Week of Action event that was hosted at Georgia Gwinnett College in collaboration with the End Mass Incarceration GA Network, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, GGC Psi Chi Honor Society and GGC Student Government…
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Action Alert!
A C T I O N A L E R T ! ! ! No one should be surprised that U.S. Department of Education wants to eliminate critical data from the 2019-2020 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) that school systems are required to report such as: Pre-school suspension details (yes, pre-schoolers are suspended!) Number of…
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Meet Amina
Meet Amina B, one of our summer interns. Amina is a Junior Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies major at Georgia State, driven to create systemic and communal changes from an intersectional approach. She began her journey in high school where she attended Meadowcreek High School and was made aware of the various challenges students face…
Join Us To Discuss The Hidden Cost of Suspension with the Dept. of Ed.
On July 30th at 3:00pm EDT, The Department of Education (ED) will host a google hangout with experts to discuss “The Hidden Cost of Suspension.” We encourage you to join us – on either Google+ or on YouTube – to follow the dialogue with: Michael Yudin, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Russell Skiba…
Schott Foundation Releases Graduation Rates for Gwinnett & Georgia
Statistics Are Shocking for a “World-Class” District February 13, 2015 – Graduation data released this week by the Schott Foundation for Public Education reveals shockingly low on-time graduation rates for Caucasian and African-American male students – 61 percent for Caucasian males and only 41 percent for African-American males – in Gwinnett County. This rate –…